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J. THOUBBORON. I ART OF MANUFACTURING SHOW CARDS. N0.326-,174 PatentedSept. 15, 1885.

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ART OF MANUFACTURING SHOW-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,174, dated September 15, 1885.

Application filed March 17, 1885.

' f ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES THOUBBORON. of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Art of Manufacturing Show-Cards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the art of manufacturing showcards and analogous articles for commercial use; and its objects are, first, to produce a superior'imitation of porcelain letters; second, to simulate expensive and artistic designs and materials of any character with uniform success, and, third, to attain these ends economically and with simplicity of apparatus. I accomplish these purposes by the means hereinafter described and with the effect illustrated on the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is an elevation of a card embodying the principles of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1.

In the commercial world the value of an article is largely created by the unique or artistic method in which the public attention therein is enlisted, or the characteristic attractiveness which surrounds it. At the same time, as the article itself is presumably worthy of the commendation such association inspires, it is not expedient to lavish much expense on such advertising media, for this must needs be at the cost of the intrinsic value of such article. Hence I have devised cards for miscellaneous use in business enterprises which unite-the object to be desired with the thing (No model.)

to be avoided-that is, which are both attractive and cheap. To this end I take ordinary sheets of card-board or other thick paper, enamel the same, then print in flock on the surface from an engraved block or plate bearing the desired characters, so as to form white letters on the paper by reason of the flock boundary-lines, permit the flock to dry, and emboss the white characters so produced by dies. It will be understood, however, that so long as the desired end is attained the sequence of steps employed is immaterial.

If desired, I also paint the enameled raised surfaces, or substitute coloring for the enamel. The effect is to produce an attractive advertising medium at a minimum expensethus blending art and utility at slight cost.

Heretofore enamel letters ha\e been used to decorate windows for advertising purposes; but my invention consists in presenting such appearance on paper as an integral part thereof with similar effect, but with decreased cost and different manner of production.

Having thus full-y described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In the manufacture of show cards and analogous objects, the process herein described, which consists in enameling card-board, printing in flock on such surface, as herein described, and finally embossing the white characters so produced, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES THOUBBORON.

Witnesses:

H. T. \VALDEN; D. T. WALDEN. 

